Letters to the editor: Nov. 29

Stoplight outlived need on Elmwood?

I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else believes the stoplight at North 20th Street and Elmwood Avenue to be ridiculous. When Market Square was a great place to shop, it was probably very beneficial. But now it is just a nuisance. It really could be taken away all together and not hurt anyone because of the lack of traffic. A four-way stop or a roundabout could work, too. I travel this road at least twice a day, and it just seems so silly to waste the electricity.

Mary Fulley

Lafayette

Can't believe people fell for Obama again

I got quite a kick out of these left-wingers, gloating so loudly over Barack Obama's re-election. From the way they're crowing, you'd think he actually knows what he's doing.

Ronald Reagan had the economy vastly improved after three years in office. Obama's greatest economic achievement is four years of trillion-dollar deficits. But his faithful ones sound as if he's got it all under control. What's wrong with this picture?

Could it be that the fault lies not in the stars, but in ourselves?

Americans seem to believe that democracy is a fail-safe mechanism. It's almost unthinkable that the sacred majority would get it wrong. Unfortunately, history proves otherwise.

On Nov. 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States, on a platform that promised to preserve slavery and destroy the Union. Davis proved to be an incompetent war leader, and the Confederacy tumbled toward disaster.

On Nov. 6, 2012, Obama was re-elected president of the United States, on a platform pushing unrestricted abortion and promoting homosexual "marriage." (Obama had already shown himself ineffective at fixing the economy.)

Maybe these left-wingers deserve their bragging rights. After all, they actually have made history. They've rallied around a more incompetent leader then the Confederates did, and one who represents a more destructive platform.

Fittingly, Obama is the hero of radical leftists everywhere. The only question is: Will he be able to keep the economy - and this country - from sliding toward disaster?

Frank Wilkins

Lafayette

Poor treatment at
the IU-Purdue game

I understand rivalry. While visiting Purdue for the Purdue-IU game on Nov. 24, I experienced the fans yelling at me, flipping me off and voicing obscenities to me while walking to the stadium, as well as after the game. I have never experienced a rivalry team chant, "IU sucks." Purdue had the band and all of the fans chant that during commercial break. If they are so proud of that, they should play it on TV and let other people listen.

Usually, we hear, "Good luck, pray everyone plays safe." Not Purdue. Fans a few rows from us kept giving us the finger every time they scored. If this is how you are teaching your students to respect other people, then you should be ashamed of yourself.

I did not want IU to lose, but at least they lost with dignity and respect. That is more than what I can say for Purdue. Rudeness and disappointment sums it up.